Special edition for Middle East High-Precision Weapons newspaper, №01(01) 2019 EXHIBITIONS 2019 JSC ‘High Precision Weapons’ the leading Russian designer Moscow-based and ranked among top 50 global producers and manufacturer of wide variety state-of-the-art military and of military equipment by SIPRI chart, JSC ‘High Precision Weapons’ The largest world special equipment, including but not limited to land systems, small is legally authorized since November 2016 to provide full spectrum arms, air close and short range defense systems, is now opening of maintenance and overhaul, modernization and upgrade works defensive exhibitions new business opportunities for partners. and services worldwide. in which the enterprises of High-Precision Weapons Holding participate in 2019 Global success IDEX-2019 Russian High-Precision Weapons Holding February 17–21 In February of this year, the High- United Arab Emirates Precision Weapons Holding (a part of the Rostec Corporation) was celebrated the 10th anniversary of its work on the LIMA-2019 global market. Years by years Holding plays an increasingly important role on March 26–30 the world arms market. The holding is Malaysia the Russian largest developer and man- ufacturer of the most modern and innova- MILEX-2019 tive high-precision weapons. The impor- tance and potential of the Russian hold- May 15–18 ing increase worldwide as well: On a scale of the top 100 weapons manufacturers Belarus in the world, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) rates the SITDEF-2019 ‘High-Precision Weapons Holding’ from Russia at 39. May 16–19 Peru lso every year Holding is increasing deliveries both to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and to ARMY-2019 the foreign market. According to an ASIPRI expert, ‘the Russian companies ride the June 25–30 ground-swell of boosts in military spending Russia and arms export. Eleven companies from the top 100 list are Russian ones. Their income IMDS-2019 has increased by a total of 48.4%’. It also can The products of the holding’s companies The holding is constantly expanding the geog- be noted that the ‘High-Precision Weapons are well known on all continents and much raphy of its exports. This is due to product line July 10–14 Holding’ belongs to the top 10 world’s defen- sought after on international arms markets. extension, development of new models and sive rankings by an overall production and Interest in the products of the ‘High-Precision upgrade of products in demand as well as well Russia supply increase rate. Weapons Holding’ grows due to the objective thought-out service policy. The High-Precision Weapons Holding was situation. The holding invests much into the devel- MAKS-2019 founded in 2009. The holding consists of a The exports of the holding are based on opment of promising designs of weapons and number of largest leading defense enterprises warfare systems well known on the inter- military equipment, enhances and augments 27 August – 01 September that are well known on the world arms market. national market such as Pantsir-S1, Palma, its development and production potential, Russia It is sufficient only to mention such brands as Kornet-E/EM, Konkurs, Metis-M1, Igla-S, and invests in the development of models of the Shipunov KBP Instrument Design Bureau, Arkan, Verba, Shmel, Kapustnik, and others tomorrow. the Tula Arms Plant, The Tulatochmash, the as well as on training systems, armored vehi- It is evident that the demand for high-preci- INTERPOLITEX-2019 Nudelman Precision Engineering Design cles upgrade, and so on. sion weapons only increases around the world. Bureau, the Kovrov Electromechanical Plant, The holding’s products are well known They do not miss. They are mobile, fast, mainte- October 22–25 the V.A.Degtyaryov Plant, the VNII ‘Signal’ and much sought after on the markets in the nance-friendly, reliable, and the most modern. Russia and others. Most of them are national and Middle East, the Gulf, Northern Africa, Latin international leaders in their segments. America, India, Central and Southern Africa. (See page 2) 2 High-Precision Weapons newspaper, № 01 (01) 2019 Special edition for Middle East IDEX-2019 BRIEFLY RECORD LEVELS IN 2018 Global success On November last year, Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation), cel- ebrated the 18th anniversary of its found- Russian High-Precision Weapons Holding ing. The Company was established in 2000 by decree of the President of the Russian and to supply the Russian Army with the most weapon to the world market, where it enjoys Federation. modern and the most reliable high-precision consistent success. ‘For 18 years, Rosoboronexport has weapons. Within the scope of the contract, Middle East states are always been and become a world leader in the supply of the holding regularly transmits to the Russian remains the most important strategic part- weapons and military equipment and Ministry of Defense the corresponding quanti- ner of the High-Precision Weapons Holding. reached record levels. Today, Russia assur- ty of planned weapons. Due to the holding, the The participation of the holding’s enterprises edly ranks second in the world in terms of Russian Army is armed with the best weapons in IDEX-2019 is an important stage of friend- the scope of military-technical coopera- in the world. At the same time, it is important ly and mutually beneficial cooperation in tion. The Company’s order book stands well that the holding itself also supplies the same defence area. above $50 billion, while the total value of deliveries has exceeded $150 billion over the years. We continuously improve and offer foreign customers more and more new models of military equipment, often (See page 1) the best in the world in performance and competitive in terms of price and quality. The newest technological solutions are used. More than 200 Rosoboronexport employees 20 years ago, the proportion of high-precision have been awarded state and departmental weapons used in local conflicts amounted to up awards for their great contribution to the to 7%. In recent years, this share has increased development of military-technical cooper- by up to 90-95%. The most designs of the ‘High- ation with foreign countries,’ said Rostec’s Precision Weapons Holding’ are the best in the Director General Sergey Chemezov. world and determine the technological vectors In 2018, the Company was actively of development in their segments. engaged in efforts to promote and exhibit There is no doubt that the main task of their products. Rosoboronexport took part the ‘High-Precision Weapons Holding’ is to in 24 international exhibitions and forums. strengthen the defense capability of Russia The Eurasian Air Show in Antalya, Turkey, the International Far Eastern Maritime Show in Vladivostok, ADAS 2018 in the Philippines and EDEX 2018 in Egypt were debut exhibitions for the Company. Khrizantema-S ‘Despite unprecedented competition, Rosoboronexport continues to strength- en its position in the global market. Just The Best All-Weather Antitank Missile System recently, we signed the biggest-ever con- tract in company history to supply India Anti-tank missile system ‘Khrizantema-S’ can change the tactics trol and guidance channel cou- ATGW self-propelled system was with the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft mis- of armored warfare: a small group of combat vehicles anti-tank pled with a daytime optical sight. introduction of an automated bat- sile systems. In 2018, we delivered weap- systems have the power to change the outcome of the battle. The upgraded version replaced tlefield management equipment ons and military equipment to more than Only three cars are able to conduct actions against 14 tanks and the daytime sight with a more set (ABMES) for antitank forces. 40 countries of the world. At the same time, damage a minimum of 60 percent of the equipment. This missile advanced imaging infrared and Thus upgraded 9P157 combat over 1,100 contract documents worth about system can also fight with low-speed air targets, helicopters and television (IIR/TV) sight featuring vehicle is provided with advanced $19 billion were signed, almost a quar- aircraft. Russian ‘Khrizantema-S’ is the most powerful anti-tank enhanced capabilities in terms of communications means, a com- ter more in the whole last year. That sta- missile system of distant action that the world has ever known. target detection and recognition bined — inertial and satellite- tistics suggest that the quality of Russian ranges. The new sight ensures based — navigation and orien- weapons and their proven performance hrizantema-S’ is tation system, a terminal for are a determining factor for our partners,’ designed to provide receiving targeting data from said Rosoboronexport’s Director General a very important the battery commander's vehi- Alexander Mikheev. combat missions. cle, their automatic processing, Rosoboronexport has expanded its ‘KDestruction of fielded and future displaying tactical data on a digi- catalog of military products over the year main battle tanks, including those tal map, receiving combat orders and is actively promoting a number of new protected with explosive reactive and instructions. The ABMES was pieces of military hardware on the world armour (ERA), small-displacement developed by AO NTTS Rubin JSC arms market, including the Buk-M3 Viking surface vessels, low-flying aerial (city of Penza). and Tor-E2 SAM systems, the Sprut-SDM1 targets, fortifications, manpower The upgrading of the 9P157 light amphibious tank, the ships Karakurt under cover and in the open in the combat vehicle entailed develop- and Sarsar, Il-78MK-90A tanker aircraft, day- and night-time, under easy ment of a new test equipment for and Il-76MD-90A(E) military transport and difficult weather conditions, the IIR/TV sight (developed and aircraft. in the presence of dust and smoke.